Commission responsibilities and duties.
Pursuant to article 2, section 43 of the state constitution and chapter
44.05 RCW, the commission's duties are:
(1) To accomplish state legislative and congressional redistricting;
(2) To act as the legislature's recipient of the final redistricting data and maps from the United States Bureau of the Census;
(3) To disclose and preserve public records as specified in chapters
42.17, 42.17A, and
40.14 RCW;
(4) To hold open public meetings pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act, RCW 42.30;
(5) To prepare and disclose its minutes pursuant to RCW
42.32.030;
(6) To prepare and adopt agency rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter
34.05 RCW;
(7) To prepare and publish a report with a redistricting plan as provided in RCW
44.05.080(7);
(8) To distribute census data to counties for local redistricting as required by chapter
29A.76 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
44.05.080(2). WSR 11-15-010, § 417-01-110, filed 7/7/11, effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority: RCW
44.05.080(1). WSR 01-13-123, § 417-01-110, filed 6/20/01, effective 7/9/01; WSR 91-20-006, § 417-01-110, filed 9/19/91, effective 10/20/91.]